padang

English

Etymology

From Malay padang.

Noun

padang (plural padangs)

1. Malaysian grassland

Anagrams

• padnag

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang

1. field; plain

Balinese

Noun

padang

1. Romanization of ᬧᬤᬂ

Bau Bidayuh

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang

1. field (land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country)

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

pádang (Hanunoo spelling ᜩᜧᜥ᜴)

1. a short, small-leaved cogon grass, Imperata sp.

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang

1. field; meadow
2. large space covered with one kind of vegetation
3. freshwater swamp, usually flooded and supporting few plants

Derived terms

• padang bilun (“airport”)

Ida'an

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang

1. coarse grass

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang (Batak spelling ᯇᯑᯰ)

1. kind of grass, Pogonatherum panicum Hack.

Kelabit

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang

1. field (land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /padaŋ/
• Rhymes: -adaŋ, -daŋ, -aŋ

Noun

padang (Jawi spelling ڤادڠ, plural padang-padang, informal 1st possessive padangku, 2nd possessive padangmu, 3rd possessive padangnya)

1. field (land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• memadang [agent focus] (meN-)
• berpadang [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• padang bola
• padang jarak padang tekukur
• padang mahsyar
• padang pasir
• padang rumput

Descendants

• Indonesian: padang
• → English: padang

Further reading

• “padang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandar

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang (Lontara spelling ᨄᨉᨂ)

1. sword grass, Imperata cylindrica
2. vegetation that resembles the stem of the rice plants, sword grass, very hard to eradicate except by digging up the roots.

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang (Jawi spelling ڤادڠ)

1. field (land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country)

Mongondow

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang

1. cane grass, Imperata cylindrica

Ngaju

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang

1. a large treeless plain overgrown with sword grass (Imperata cylindrica).

Tae'

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang

1. earth, ground
2. field
3. kind of grass with sharp, needle-like leaves, when young it creeps along the ground with long tendrils

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

Noun

padang (Batak spelling ᯇᯑᯰ)

1. grass
2. grassland; plain